Posts Tagged: Bondi attack
Award-Winning Australian Writer Claims Bondi Beach Terrorist Attack Was Not Antisemitic
Award-winning Australian novelist Richard Flanagan claimed at a festival in Sydney recently that the deadly ISIS-inspired terrorist attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi...
Australian Police Did No Threat Assessment Before Bondi Attack, Inquiry Hears
Australian state police did not prepare a threat assessment for the event where the Bondi Beach mass shooting occurred and denied a request from the Jewish community to station officers there, an inquiry into...
Initial Australian Inquiry Into Bondi Beach Shooting Calls for Counterterrorism Reforms
An interim report into last year's Bondi Beach mass shooting on Thursday advised increased security around Jewish public events and further gun reforms among 14 initial recommendations, but found Australia's legal and regulatory frameworks...
Australia Passes Tougher Laws on Guns, Hate Crimes After Bondi Shooting
Australia has enacted new laws for a national gun buyback, tighter background checks for gun licenses, and a crackdown on hate crimes in response to the country's worst mass shooting in decades at...
Australia to Hold Wide-Ranging Inquiry Into Antisemitism After Bondi Attack
Australia will hold a Royal Commission inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting in which 15 were killed, the country's most powerful public inquiry, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday. The mass shooting...
Christmas Celebrations Muted at Bondi as Australians Grieve After Deadly Shooting
Christmas celebrations were muted at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach on Thursday in the aftermath of a terror attack that killed 15 people there more than...
Australia Invites Israeli President for Official Visit, Set to Pass New Gun, Hate Speech Laws After Bondi Attack
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday he called Israeli President Isaac Herzog and invited him to visit Australia, expressing his shock and dismay...
Nearly 18,000 Gather at Barclays Center for Menorah Lighting in Tribute to Sydney Hanukkah Attack Victims
Nearly 18,000 people gathered at Barclays Center in New York City on Thursday night for a menorah lighting that honored the 15 people murdered in...
Australian Teen Wounded While Shielding Children During Bondi Attack Says She Is Not a Hero
As two gunmen opened fire on hundreds celebrating Hanukkah on Sydney's Bondi Beach, 14-year-old Chaya Dadon's mind was clear. Across from where she had taken cover from the gunshots under...
Bondi Gunmen Were Inspired by Islamic State, Had Traveled to the Philippines, Australia Police Say
Two alleged gunmen who attacked a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach had traveled to the Philippines before the assault, which killed 15 people, and appeared to be inspired by Islamic...
Antisemitism Allowed to Fester in Australia, Says Daughter of Wounded Holocaust Survivor
Government authorities have not done enough to stamp out hatred of Jews in Australia, which has allowed it to fester in the aftermath of Oct. 7, said the daughter of a Holocaust survivor who was wounded at...
After Bondi Attack, the West Must Face the Reality of ‘Migration Jihad’
"They don't move from the Arab world to Europe. They move the Arab world to Europe." So said Professor Mordechai Kedar when he spoke to...
‘It Was Dead People Everywhere’: Inside Australia’s Hanukkah Massacre
Among the thousands of people who flocked to Sydney's famed Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, some were seeking relief from the steamy weather while others...
‘Hero’ Who Disarmed Bondi Gunman Recovers in Hospital as Donations Pour In
Donations for a Sydney man who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach have surged past A$1.1 million ($744,000), as he recovers in hospital after...
